USB 2.0 is too slow for these purposes USB 3.0 is too new to have been supported by still useful (and expensive) legacy gear and the Thunderbolt technology introduced 18 months ago in almost all new Mac models is still too rare and expensive. If two points comprise a line, then the line made by these announcements indicates the end of FireWire on future Macs.Īlas, FireWire is widely used in the Mac world to attach external hard drives, cameras and camcorders, and music processing gear. Then in October, Apple revealed a 13-inch MacBook Pro and new iMacs, all with the same limitation. In its place is Apple's latest peripheral connector, USB 3.0, which provides equivalent performance and is widely used in recent Windows PCs. This past summer Apple announced its 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro with a surprising omission: no FireWire port.
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